"That's why I stayed on the mild side, " he says.

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There was one reason -- I used to say to Governor Markell of Delaware -- why I never ran for governor -- you have to have an inaugural ball. (Laughter.) And that's why I stayed in the Senate all those years.

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So, and I take responsibility for that, and I wrote a letter to every member of the Parliamentary Labour Party, setting out why I, why I had, I had stayed, where my doubts were and why I'd stay.

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But I did hit one tower that buzzed in a batch of emails and one stayed on my mind for the week I was away: Why was fictional company Weyland Industries recruiting me on LinkedIn?

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